Re: [Boost-build] bb2 not generating .lib with vc2005

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-03 13:59:22

On Tuesday 03 October 2006 21:37, Jorge Suit Perez Ronda wrote:
> Hello, I'm having some strange behavior after installing vc 2005 express
> + psdk. My bjam is (Nightly build):
>
> Boost.Build V2 (Milestone 10)
> Boost.Jam 03.1.13
>
> The problem is that it never generate the export library .lib for my
> project. When I run with -d2 option I see the following
>
> ...updating 1 target...
> msvc.link.dll bin\msvc\debug\libgbla.dll bin\msvc\debug\libgbla.lib
>
>         call "C:\Archivos de programa\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC
> \vcvarsall.bat
> " x86 >nul
> link /NOLOGO /INCREMENTAL:NO /DLL /DEBUG /subsystem:console /out:"bin
> \msvc\debug
> \libgbla.dll" /IMPLIB:"bin\msvc\debug\libgbla.lib"    @"bin\msvc\debug
> \libgbla.d
> ll.rsp"
>         if exist "bin\msvc\debug\libgbla.dll.manifest" (
>             mt -nologo -manifest "bin\msvc\debug\libgbla.dll.manifest"
> "-outputr
> esource:bin\msvc\debug\libgbla.dll;2"
>         )
>
> ...updated 1 target...
>
> but the .lib is never generated.

Do you have any __dllexport functions? If not, MSVC will helpfully skip 
creating the import library.

- Volodya